>> I am trying to add floating point numbers, and also plain >> numerical values, >> - I have looked on mysql.com but I only seem to find stuff that >> relate to >> counting rows of a certain defined value - like count where something = >> something, but I want to say "give me a numerical total value" >> for a column >> (that contains numerical values) where "the id" = 123456. >> >> Then it must count up the numerical values in that column where >> all the id's >> are equal to 123456 (or whatever value the id is) - I dont want to get a >> count of the rows that relates to the id - I want the value.
You can use SUM function like this: SELECT SUM(some_numerical_field) as how_much FROM table_name WHERE some_id_field=some_value --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
